Quotes about Casting

Maybe I'm too masculine. Casting directors cast in their own, or an idealized image. Maybe I don't look like anybody's ideal. Votes: 6

Casting is 65 percent of directing. Votes: 5

Casting directors now just see me as the hard-core sniper or prison guard. Votes: 5

Casting is everything. If you get the right people they make you look good. Votes: 5

Casting ethnic characters is a very hard thing to do, but it's important. It's also interesting. Votes: 5

Casting is sort of like looking at paintings. You don't know what you'll like, but you recognize it when you see it. Votes: 5

I can do comedy, so people want me to do that, but the other side of comedy is depression. Deep, deep depression is the flip side of comedy. Casting agents don't realize it but in order to be funny you have to have that other side. Votes: 5

Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations... can never effect a reform. Votes: 4

I'm not going to change the world overnight. It's one person at a time, and hopefully they're people in positions of power who can help people get in those roles and really, truly embrace colorblind casting. Votes: 4

This is a work of fiction. All the characters in it, human and otherwise, are imaginary, excepting only certain of the fairy folk, whom it might be unwise to offend by casting doubts on their existence. Or lack thereof. Votes: 4

How thoroughly it is ingrained in mathematical science that every real advance goes hand in hand with the invention of sharper tools and simpler methods which, at the same time, assist in understanding earlier theories and in casting aside some more complicated developments. Votes: 4

I used to be very shy. When I first started, I had to go to a casting, and I had to go in a bikini. I thought I was too skinny. But I went in and got the job! And that's how I started. Votes: 4

Casting is storytelling. Votes: 3

Casting is very, very important. Votes: 3

Casting is always subject to availabilities. Votes: 3

Are you casting asparagus on my cooking? Votes: 3

Every casting director I've met is a woman. Votes: 3

Casting is all about availability, as much as anything else. Votes: 3

And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light. Votes: 3

Casting directors tend to be the unsung heroes in this business. Votes: 3

Casting can be heartbreaking. Dealing with the disappointment is the hardest part. Votes: 3

Casting your voice out into the future is very beautiful to me. Votes: 3

Casting the body's vest aside, My soul into the boughs does glide. Votes: 3

Casting is 50% of your task. If you cast well, you're halfway through. Votes: 3

Casting is a long process for me. I take a lot of time. Votes: 3

Disney has the best casting. If he doesn't like an actor he just tears him up. Votes: 3

Casting out devils is mere juggling; they never cast out any but what they first cast in. Votes: 3

Casting sometimes is fate and destiny more than skill and talent, from a director's point of view. Votes: 3

Casting the locals is my primary concern because all the other things you assume will be manageable. Votes: 3

In some cases, the casting directors have casted blindly and have not looked into my ethnic background Votes: 3

Casting is everything. Getting the person that you imagined is this character and then seeing what they bring to it. Votes: 3

Casting is very instinctual. I really like to meet people. To me, it's about their essence more than their audition. Votes: 3

My big break was becoming the spokesperson for Texas Instruments. Casting directors really started giving me a chance to read for projects. Votes: 3

Casting a film, you can have the greatest actors in a film and it doesn't work. It's a combination of all of the elements. Votes: 3

Casting aspersions on those we love always does something to loosen our ties. We shouldn't maltreat our idols: the gilt comes off on our hands. Votes: 3

Casting my own eye down Fifth Avenue as my belly swelled, I would register with incredulity: Every one of these people came from a woman's cunt. Votes: 3

Casting young people is always so difficult, and they got it so right in 'Game of Thrones.' All the young actors are amazingly talented and so professional. Votes: 3

Casting is so important, with any film you do. You have to get actors that you believe will fulfill the promise of the characters that are on the page. Votes: 3

Casting is everything. I put a huge amount of work into casting, and consistently across my career, I am most proud of my bold choices I made in casting. Votes: 3

When I came out here, my manager thought that casting directors might think I'm a girl, and when I did Threat Matrix, they thought Jamie was a little light. Votes: 3

Directors are not worried about casting beautiful women, but they are not sure that they want to cast great-looking men. My looks have prevented people from seeing my work. Votes: 3

Actors get pigeonholed very quickly, particularly movie actors. In the theater, one is more used to casting people against type and trusting that their talent and skill will get them through. Votes: 3

At fifteen one is first beginning to realize that everything isn't money and power in this world, and is casting about for joys that do not turn to dross in one's hands. Votes: 3

Casting is so important in horror. It's so important to have strong actors to tell a story because, if you don't believe in the character, how can you be scared for them? Votes: 3

My first soldier role was in 'Flags of Our Fathers.' Casting director Jay Binder saw that movie and was looking for soldiers for 'Journey's End,' which led to 'Generation Kill.' Votes: 3

But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloisters pale, And love the high embowed roof, With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight; Casting a dim religious light. Votes: 3

I am really interested in the way we relate to time. In particular, the way readers and writers talk to each other. Casting your voice out into the future is very beautiful to me. Votes: 3

Casting a film is to me one of the most important things next to the writing. If you cast it properly everything takes place very easily. If you cast it improperly you're fighting an uphill battle. Votes: 3

If you work in casting, it's sort of not cool to want to act. A lot of people think that casting directors are frustrated actors, but it wasn't true with any of the casting people I knew. Votes: 3

I spend a lot of time in preproduction working with authors, and a lot of time in postproduction.: editing, music, all that sort of stuff. Casting. On the set there's not a lot for me to do. Votes: 3

I did a play I think my first six months on the show, called Bullpen. Then I got involved with Theater Forty and did this play called Plastic which is about two male models coming to a casting call. Votes: 3

I like every part [of the film process ] except the business and admin stuff. The initial idea. Writing. Re-writing. Casting. Directing, Editing. If I had to chose I'd say writing, followed by putting music on the picture. That is magical. Votes: 3

I had been doing summer stock every summer while I was in college. We did a showcase, like most good conservatories do - monologues and things that agents and casting directors come to see. From that I got an agent. Votes: 3

Casting, to me, is always the same. It's a very important part of a director's job. I pick people that I sense I'd like to be in a room with and will enjoy the rehearsal process with because that's the best part. Votes: 3

Casting Captain America is really casting two roles... Steve Rogers before and after the transformation from 98 pound weakling to perfect physical specimen. I can't divulge how we're going to do it, but the performance will be Chris Evans from beginning to end. Votes: 3

Casting Captain America is really casting two roles... Steve Rogers before and after the transformation from 98 pound weakling to perfect physical specimen. I can't divulge how we're going to do it, but the performance will be Chris Evans from beginning to end. Votes: 3

Casting is really exciting. With 'Twilight,' I wasn't involved at all with the casting in the original. They kept me in the loop, which was great. They'd be like, 'Hey Kristen Stewart's gonna do it' and I was like, 'Really? Awesome.' Votes: 3

I was very excited to hone in on John Goodman. Casting John first really set the tone. He's very good at being terrifying and being hilarious, and I loved the idea of that character not being merely 'moustache-twirly'. I enjoyed being scared by him. Votes: 3

As I've always said, preproduction is so important. When you cast the actors, you've done much of the work. Now, you may need to guide them a little, take it up or down, have them go faster or slower, but the casting process is crucial. Votes: 3

We had rather do anything than acknowledge the merit of another if we can help it. We cannot bear a superior or an equal. Hence ridicule is sure to prevail over truth, for the malice of mankind, thrown into the scale, gives the casting weight. Votes: 3

And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light. There let the pealing organ blow, To the full-voiced choir below, In service high, and anthems clear As may, with sweetness, through mine ear Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all heaven before mine eyes. Votes: 3

L.A. can be pretty insane because there's so much show business here, but I also know a lot of kids who grew up in Manhattan who are some of the most normal, nicest people I know. Casting directors always say Chicago people are just nicer. Votes: 3

Coming into your powers can be a very confusing time. Perhaps there is a book on the subject. If you like, we can go see Marian." Yeah, right. Choices and Changes. A Modern Girl's Guide to Casting. My Mom Wants to Kill Me: A Self-Help Book For Teens. Votes: 3

Casting directors I don't think are the best in Mexico at street casting. Whereas, I think, in New York and in L.A., that's more common; not so in Mexico. So it's up to you as a director in a lot of ways to go out and do that. Votes: 3

Sometimes it's all about the casting. Votes: 1

My secret to all casting, and specifically kids, is cast good human beings. Votes: 1

To be given the reins of creativity is a beautiful thing when you're used to just showing up to a casting and standing there having clothes put on you. Votes: 1

Abstention means you stayed at home or went to the beach. By casting a blank vote, you're saying you have a political conscience but you don't agree with any of the existing parties. Votes: 1

Why do I use the same actors in different movies? One of the things I really stress in casting is I need to find someone who is suitable for the role in the movie. That's always the main reason. Votes: 1

There's a certain feeling of giving, a certain feeling of generosity in love songs. When you sing a song of love, you're actually giving something to yourself, too. You're singing and casting these affirmations of love out into the universe. Votes: 1

In 1965, I was teaching a seminar on freedom when I told my students that the ultimate freedom lay in casting a dice to decide what to do. They were so shocked and fascinated that I knew I had to write the book. Votes: 1

The casting of 'Slumdog Millionaire' is a dream. Anil Kapoor, as the sleazy TV host, diamonds winking in his earlobes, has never been better; the quietly understated Irrfan Khan turns in another bravura performance as the police inspector whose questioning brings out Jamal's story. Votes: 1

I also get fed up with the fact that casting agents and directors have this impression of me as being frail and petite. I find it very patronizing. I'm quite beefy and strong. I was a gymnast in school and I have lots of muscles. Votes: 1

I think feminism's a bit misinterpreted. It was about casting off all gender roles. There's nothing wrong with a man holding a door open for a girl. But we sort of threw away all the rules, so everybody's confused. And dating becomes a sloppy, uncomfortable, unpleasant thing. Votes: 1

Novelists are not equipped to make a movie, in my opinion. They make their own movie when they write: they're casting, they're dressing the scene, they're working out where the energy of the scene is coming from and they're also relying tremendously on the creative imagination of the reader. Votes: 1

All my time not devoted to my master's service was spent either in prayer, or in making experiments in casting different things in moulds made of earth, in attempting to make paper, gunpowder, and many other experiments, that, although I could not perfect, yet convinced me of its practicability if I had the means. Votes: 1

I would love to do a talk show. Naturally, I would love to do more films. I'd love to be able to see casting directors more willing to put in a character who happens to be deaf. I'm not talking about doing deaf storylines, but putting in deaf characters. I'd love to be able to do Broadway. Votes: 1

The vegetable life does not content itself with casting from the flower or the tree a single seed, but it fills the air and earth with a prodigality of seeds, that, if thousands perish, thousands may plant themselves, that hundreds may come up, that tens may live to maturity; that, at least one may replace the parent. Votes: 1

I'm not in a position where I get to pick and choose roles. I usually go on auditions in long lines and embarrass myself in front of casting directors, and with a lump in my throat and my ears burning, I walk past reception and smirking actors as I go to the parking garage and go back on the highway. Votes: 1

One of the bibles of my youth was 'Birds of the West Indies,' by James Bond, a well-known ornithologist, and when I was casting about for a name for my protagonist I thought, 'My God, that's the dullest name I've ever heard,' so I appropriated it. Now the dullest name in the world has become an exciting one. Votes: 1

Many of the crew members I work with and continue to work with were friends or have become close friends, and so we keep working together. And I like casting friends of mine or people I know in parts I know would be perfect for them. I like to bring things and people that mean something to me in to my work. Votes: 1

With 'Love & Basketball,' I played ball my whole life and did track at UCLA. So, I'm an athlete. And it was very important for me to get it right. I started with casting: As an athlete, there's nothing worse for me than watching a sports movie and the woman that they hire can't run or can't shoot. It sets women's sports back years. Votes: 1

Making a movie is casting a spell. Votes: 0

Local casting is just something I love doing. Votes: 0

For corporate marketers pod-casting is low hanging fruit. Votes: 0

I feel like a lot of directing is casting. Votes: 0

Everything that deceives does so by casting a spell. Votes: 0

Education is the Jewel casting brilliance into the future Votes: 0

I do a pretty good job at casting actually. Votes: 0

The show is in the casting. Choose the right people. Votes: 0

The process of casting a movie has many complicated variables. Votes: 0

Fifty-percent of the director's job honestly is casting the movie well. Votes: 0

You can't light another's path without casting light on your own. Votes: 0

A good script and perfect casting, that's 90 percent of the work. Votes: 0

People are always casting me for what they call my 'authority. Votes: 0

In our moments in the sun beware of casting dark shadows. Votes: 0

alas! there is no casting anchor in the stream of time! Votes: 0

More than ninety percent of directing a picture is the right casting Votes: 0

Most fishermen use the double haul to throw their casting mistakes further. Votes: 0

Dawn has a way of casting a pall on any night magic. Votes: 0

Simultaneously, the movie business now experiments with a colorblind approach to casting. Votes: 0

I feel like casting is the most important aspect of making movies. Votes: 0

I've never, ever, in my entire life, been upset at a casting choice. Votes: 0

When a casting agent sees me, he kind of knows what he's getting. Votes: 0

I think that casting is probably the most important thing in television production. Votes: 0

I'm always involved with casting my movies. I have final word on it. Votes: 0

I relieve myself from the rigours of directing by casting the movie correctly. Votes: 0

In actuality, there was casting for the show and it was pretty difficult. Votes: 0

Obviously, I did a couple of things right on the old casting couch. Votes: 0

There are so many things that go into casting that you just never know. Votes: 0

From casting to counting, our votes must be better protected in all voting systems. Votes: 0

My agent set up a meeting with George Lucas. They were casting in England. Votes: 0

Where God has put a period, the devil puts a question mark, casting doubt. Votes: 0

I am affirming that the casting couch for men exists in the modeling world Votes: 0

L.A.'s become so cosmopolitan in its casting and also in its world view. Votes: 0

Be careful, lest in casting out your demon you exorcise the best thing in you. Votes: 0

I'm not trying to climb a ladder - I'm casting a bit of a net. Votes: 0

I play a man who is obsessed with his own beauty, so it's perfect casting. Votes: 0

Teach me, like you, to drink creation whole/ And casting out myself, become a soul. Votes: 0

Genre categories are irrelevant. I dislike them, but I do not have the casting vote. Votes: 0

I believe in goodness, mercy and charity. I believe in casting bread upon the waters. Votes: 0

I wouldn't take on the project unless I could have complete creative control in casting. Votes: 0

I realized it wasn't necessary to work in the traditional methods of carving and casting. Votes: 0

I think one of the things when you're casting children is you're also casting their parents. Votes: 0

The number of Latino roles is very limited, and it's unfortunate there isn't more color-blind casting. Votes: 0

For film, I audition just like everyone else, because it's a different set of casting directors. Votes: 0

I believe really deeply in the pilot process because you learn things about tone and casting. Votes: 0

There are casting directors with lots of imagination, but also some with not as much imagination. Votes: 0

[On the racial backlash about Hunger Games casting]: "People should have ignored the five racist idiots. Votes: 0

I am skilled now, at casting iron To make a hardened bed for my heavy world Votes: 0

One of the turning points of my life was when I got my first bait-casting outfit. Votes: 0

Every time you spend money, you're casting a vote for the kind of world you want. Votes: 0

I have been casting shadows all my life without caring about how deeply they stain my soul. Votes: 0

Mere exactitude, of which photography and moulage [life casting] are the lowest forms, does not inspire feelings. Votes: 0

It is so cool to have a fanbase that has been so involved since the casting process. Votes: 0

For the gods, though slow to see, see well, whenever a man casting aside worship turns folly. Votes: 0

You'll find that street casting in America is a lot different than street casting in different nations. Votes: 0

In some cases, the casting directors have casted blindly and have not looked into my ethnic background. Votes: 0

The vengeful hag is played by Ingrid Bergman, which is like casting Eleanor Roosevelt as Lizzie Borden. Votes: 0

I probably drive casting people crazy because I'm not thinking about actors so much as real people. Votes: 0

My job is to tell a story, and the decisions about the casting have to be honest. Votes: 0

Generosity is also an act of freedom, a casting off of the constraints of prudence and self-interest. Votes: 0

Because when you watch U.S. television, all the presenters and reporters, they're all out of central casting. Votes: 0

I've moved into directing as well as acting, and it has taught me never to take casting personally. Votes: 0

Sharing laughter is a way of casting delight to the wind so it blows everywhere and to everyone. Votes: 0

The sun was slowly setting in the west, casting golden beams of light into the somber old room. Votes: 0

Despite all our toil and progress, the art of medicine still falls somewhere between trout casting and spook writing. Votes: 0

If you get into multicultural sort of casting for no other reason than to diversify, then it seems false. Votes: 0

I've done auditions where the casting director is taking the paper out of my hand in the middle of reading. Votes: 0

So here I sit in the early candle-light of old age-I and my book-casting backward glances over out travel'd road. Votes: 0

Radio is the art form of sports casting. If you're any good, you can do a great job on radio. Votes: 0

These passions of soul, these conflicts so fierce, will cease, and be repressed by the casting of a little dust. Votes: 0

After the age of 30 in the movie profession, you're pretty well over as far as the casting people are concerned. Votes: 0

If you asked central casting in Hollywood for somebody to play the role of President, they'd send you John Connally. Votes: 0

No, the type-casting didn't happen until after Star Trek. I don't think that you get typecast until you've been cast! Votes: 0

AMC has a track record for finding actors who have been working actors but not names yet and casting them. Votes: 0

There's a time for casting silver; a time for casting cannon. If that isn't in the red, it should be! Votes: 0

Even now; with a thousand little voyages notched in my belt. I still feel a memorial chill on casting off. Votes: 0

I start casting early in the writing process, so I can tailor the script to the gifts of the actors. Votes: 0

And I met Paul Simms while I was making 'It's Pat', and he later wound up casting me in 'NewsRadio'. Votes: 0

It is no good casting out devils. They belong to us, we must accept them and be at peace with them. Votes: 0

The casting couch? There's only one of us who ever made it to stardom without it, and that was Bette Davis. Votes: 0

You can never underestimate the amount of energy and frequency you must give to vision casting. You can never underestimate it. Votes: 0

Prayer is helplessness casting itself on Power, infirmity leaning on Strength, misery reaching to Mercy, and a prisoner clamoring for Relief. Votes: 0

I went to an audition the other day, they were casting 13 people to be clouds, 14 people showed up, it was overcast. Votes: 0

When I'm sitting in a casting room in Paris, I'm not the thinnest model. Sometimes I'm not the most flat-chested, either. Votes: 0

To me, casting is all about finding a character within the actor off the screen as much as on the screen. Votes: 0

It's really cool going into a casting room and having them know who you are and the work that you've done. Votes: 0

You know, I have never had a casting couch proposition in my life. I thought there was something wrong with me. Votes: 0

Step 1 in casting vision is to make sure your people love Jesus more than they love the vision you are casting. Votes: 0

I think actors really like to know what does a casting agent really think or what does a composer really think. Votes: 0

Why are we casting all these stand-up comedians to do 'Breaking Bad,' one of the most dramatic TV shows ever? Votes: 0

When our brain feels too weak to deal with our opponent's objections, our heart answers by casting suspicion on their underlying motives. Votes: 0

I was rejected by casting directors during the day. I attended class in the evening, then rode 90 miles on the train home. Votes: 0

We fret about how to keep going the same old way when we should be casting around for another way that's better. Votes: 0

It is a mathematical fact that the casting of this pebble from my hand alters the centre of gravity of the universe. Votes: 0

Really, the novelist has the best casting since he doesn't have to cope with the actors and all the rest. -Alfred Hitchcock Votes: 0

Your emptiness is but the preparation for your being filled, and your casting down is but the making ready for your lifting up. Votes: 0

I started casting. I cast music videos, but I kept getting fired from jobs because I was iconoclastic in my ways of casting. Votes: 0

I remember being really grateful that David Lynch had actually even thought of casting me, because I was a huge fan of his. Votes: 0

For me, casting is critical. It's nice that social media and the passionate fans really corroborated choices and embraced kids to be characters. Votes: 0

Our leaders will serve the common good with better laws and better actions only when we serve it first, by casting better votes. Votes: 0

I definitely believe in type casting. If you're a girl with bleach-blonde hair, everyone automatically thinks 'prom queen, cheerleader.' It just happens. Votes: 0

I'm flatchested, I'm short, I'm brunette, I have droopy eyes, and so people have a hard time casting me as a 'beauty.' Votes: 0

I do notice that when I come in to meet casting people, they love that I'm Australian. Maybe it's our good work ethic. Votes: 0

I've worked with acting coaches, I've been going out on auditions and meeting with casting directors. But I'm not known as an actress. Votes: 0

As a man, casting off worn out garments taketh new ones, so the dweller in the body, entereth into ones that are new. Votes: 0

The only way to be really happy in such a world as this, is to be ever casting all our cares on God. Votes: 0

Sometimes good television doesn't depend on money, it depends on imagination and good people directing, casting and doing the job with talented people. Votes: 0

I can't even begin to tell you how many casting couches I was attacked on. Not just by casting people, but by stars. Votes: 0

The summer night was settling upon the neighborhood like a dark lace veil, casting dappled shadows on the roofs and sidewalks and lawns. Votes: 0

Many casting directors won't hire aspiring actors because you might be burning some chick's headshot under the table so she doesn't get the part. Votes: 0

Never judge someone's character based on the words of another. Instead, study the motives behind the words of the person casting the bad judgment. Votes: 0

Once there are more African Americans and Asian Americans behind the scenes as producers, writers, and directors, I think more inclusive casting will happen. Votes: 0

There was never any down side to casting friends over professionals. It was always fun seeing folks who never performed before stretching their wings. Votes: 0

There's a line in the Bible about perfect love casting out fear. That I don't know about, but orneriness will do it every time. Votes: 0

I like to audition for good projects because if it's a good project, it's an opportunity to get in front of a casting director. Votes: 0

I was particularly stunned by the casting of [Tom] Cruise, who is no more my Vampire Lestat than Edward G. Robinson is Rhett Butler. Votes: 0

In this, the late afternoon of my life, I wonder: am I casting a longer shadow or is my shadow casting a shorter me? Votes: 0

I think the way it works is that when you're casting a movie, you usually want to work with people that you believe in. Votes: 0

I don't know if it's rare, but from my experience, I think Suits does a lot more casting off of auditions than other shows. Votes: 0

The public saw my father right out of central casting. He looked the part, acted the part... he was the part! The real life Godfather. Votes: 0

Reflections of the battlements shimmered in the deep green moat, casting an image of enduring strength, an image that defied the very siege of time. Votes: 0

When I'm casting a picture, I think who I'd like to see in it if I was sitting in a theater. Who would surprise me? Votes: 0

The casting directors that were aware of The Real World looked at me as a joke. It was so hard to get away from that. Votes: 0

The casting directors that were aware of 'The Real World' looked at me as a joke. It was so hard to get away from that. Votes: 0

You have to remind casting directors out here that you don't just do one thing. There's a lot of people who do just one thing. Votes: 0

I think it's sad, and weird, and strange that [race in casting] is still a thing. It's 2013. Somebody else needs to get their act together. Votes: 0

I worked at Warner Bros. for a while. I was the head of the minority talent casting. It was like pre-Spike Lee and post-blaxploitation era. Votes: 0

I think the location is almost as important as casting the leads of the movie. The location on 'The Purge' was crucial to that movie working. Votes: 0

We are all guilty of sin, error, and moments of sheer stupidity; none of us should be casting stones. The occasional arced pebble might be overlooked. Votes: 0

My dad was dean of fine arts at the university. I was casting bronzes in the school foundry. I was using the university as a playground. Votes: 0

The theoretical casting part of movies is the funnest part. You really can imagine so many different versions of a story, based on who's embodying it. Votes: 0

If you believe that God put you here to act, then you have to be different. Go into casting offices, with something other girls don't have Votes: 0

For me, when you're casting known talent, you're not just casting their performances. You're casting the public's relationship with them, their public images to a degree. Votes: 0

Deb Zane, our casting director on the Hunger Games was very sanguine, from the beginning, about just blocking out what everybody else says that they want. Votes: 0

The theoretical casting part of movies is the funnest part. You really can imagine so many different versions of a story based on who's embodying it. Votes: 0

If you believe that God put you here to act, then you have to be different. Go into casting offices, with something other girls don't have. Votes: 0

I think the location is almost as important as casting the leads of the movie. The location on The Purge was crucial to that movie working. Votes: 0

I moved with my mom to Los Angeles for her to pursue her acting career, and she got a job casting atmosphere in some independent films. Votes: 0

What used to frustrate me going into an audition was that some inexperienced, lesser casting people would think that actors are acting only when they're speaking. Votes: 0

Because of my Marxism, I was not into myths or miracles, whether it was the virgin birth, the physical resurrection or casting out demons from an epileptic. Votes: 0

Historically, the minority party in Congress votes against raising the debt limit, forcing the majority party to whip its members into casting politically painful votes in favor. Votes: 0

I always think that a director who knows about the technical side, but cares about the acting performances and casting as well, is ahead of the game. Votes: 0

Shall we educate ourselves in what is known, and then casting away all we have acquired, turn to ignorance for aid to guide us among the unknown?" Votes: 0

I randomly went to a casting session in my hometown in North Carolina, and the casting director introduced me to my manager. I really lucked into it! Votes: 0

You don't have the economy of scale of building a set once and casting once. You blow up the world, basically, at the end of each episode. Votes: 0

When you're casting, you get a page or two - just enough to do the scene. Now that you're in the world, you get the whole script. Votes: 0

Every remedy is a desperate remedy. Every cure is a miraculous cure. Curing a madman is not arguing with a philosopher; it is casting out a devil. Votes: 0

I have heard your words and your disappointment, and I offer you a heart-felt apology to all who felt this was an odd or misguided casting choice. Votes: 0

If you put up posters around town for high-school kids, high-school kids will come. If you're casting politicians, you can't put up posters and have politicians come down. Votes: 0

People need to understand how exponential technologies are impacting the business landscape. They need to do some future-casting and look at how industries are evolving and being transformed. Votes: 0

The most exciting part of the casting process was casting out of Israel, which was a really unique process, mainly done remotely from California, looking at casting tapes. Votes: 0

I pride myself on doing character-driven movies and, when my movies have worked, it's been because of the right casting and the right character, and it just clicks. Votes: 0

It's very difficult to do street casting with girls, because a beautiful girl in real life won't necessarily have the silhouette or the presence needed for a show. Votes: 0

You start acting just as soon as you walk into the door of that casting office. You can't just be yourself because they don't want to hire you. Votes: 0

I don't get involved in casting, budgets, location or promotion. Just the script. And, of course, the promotional tour. Which is fine with me - I'm a novelist. Votes: 0

Live in the present and shape the future, do not be casting lingering looks to the distant past for the past has passed away, never again to return. Votes: 0

I needed to change my name just to liberate myself and find out I could do it without walking into a Hollywood casting office with the name Coppola. Votes: 0

When I started out modeling, there weren't casting directors and there weren't stylists, so you just dealt directly with the designer. We were all much closer back then. Votes: 0

As an actor, when you walk into a room to audition, you get five minutes with a casting director, who doesn't even look at you, most of the time. Votes: 0

I think it would be a problem if Hollywood was casting British actors only as villains; if that were the case, then certainly there would be cause for concern. Votes: 0

I got an internship with the casting director of The Girl Next Door. I would hold the clipboard and help them in their casting sessions and get them lunch. Votes: 0

My mom and dad were actors when they were younger and had a horrible experience of it. My dad became a literary agent and my mom a casting director. Votes: 0

I have to speak for myself. As far as videos go - casting, the artwork, everything - I'm completely hands-on. You have to be if you want your points across. Votes: 0

One thing I'm most proud of, in my movies, is that I think the performances are super-strong, but that's not all me. I think part of it is casting appropriately. Votes: 0

Management is the process of assuring that the program and objectives of the organization are implemented. Leadership on the other hand has to do with casting vision and motivating people. Votes: 0

I guess my height has hurt me as much as it's helped me. In comedy people don't mind casting tall women next to shorter men. It adds to the humour. Votes: 0

Olympic organizers are reportedly struggling to fill rows and rows of empty seats. Empty seats! In fact, yesterday officials put out a casting call asking for 200 Europeans or eight Americans. Votes: 0

Hillary Clinton said that Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is engaged in 'theater.' Which explains the new strategy to defeat him: casting him as the lead in 'Spider-Man: the Musical.' Votes: 0

I am much more involved in the filmmaking experience on Mag Seven. I'm much more involved in story elements, casting decisions, the writing of the show, the blocking of the scenes. Votes: 0

True taste is forever growing, learning, reading, worshipping, laying its hand upon its mouth because it is astonished, casting its shoes from off its feet because it finds all ground holy. Votes: 0

I can honestly, and proudly, say that I never was on the casting couch. Oh, of course there have been advances from certain men in the movie industry, but nothing overwhelming. Votes: 0

People weren't willing to bet on 'The Commercial Guy' when they were casting movies and television in the beginning, but I stuck around, and now it's slowly starting to pay off. Votes: 0

The stuff that I got in trouble for, the casting for The Godfather or the flag scene in Patton, was the stuff that was remembered, and was considered the good work. Votes: 0

Every scene, even the commonest, is wonderful, if only one can detach oneself, casting off all memory of use and custom and behold it, as it were, for the first time. Votes: 0

There are many ways of casting molecular spells using DNA. What we really want to do in the end is learn how to program self-assembly so that we can build anything. Votes: 0

When it comes to casting, I've been so lucky. I've worked with unbelievable actors who make me look better than I am and take the written word and make it honest. Votes: 0

You set up the look, the visual effects and the sets, and that's awesome, but I enjoy the casting most of all. That's where you really get to define the show. Votes: 0

When you're shy, the worst thing you can do is go into all these casting rooms and be scrutinized. But with shyness, I think you just have to bite the bullet. Votes: 0

The first time when you can really get a sense of what the movie is going to look and feel like is when you're in a casting room and seeing it. Votes: 0

Happy Ending I did with Paul Winfield. There was a play- within- the- play and I was his mother - which is a peculiar bit of casting, to say the least. Votes: 0

Your love is the oil in my lamp of life. Your body the wick that burns casting a blanket of comfort over me as the darkness closes in....I love you Votes: 0

Everybody thinks of economics whether he is aware of it or not. In joining a political party or in casting his ballot, the citizen implicitly takes a stand upon essential economic theories. Votes: 0

Theatre has always been better disposed to colourblind casting than telly or film. Given that most television is contemporary, and it reaches 56 million people, I am disappointed there still isn't more representation. Votes: 0

Some beach, somewhere. There's a big umbrella casting shade over an empty chair. Palm trees are growin' and a warm breeze a blowing. I picture myself right there, on some beach, somewhere. Votes: 0

In the West, since the collapse of communism and the fall of the Soviet Union, the one discipline both the official and unofficial cultures have united in casting aside has been history. Votes: 0

Usually when you start the characters, the first thing is the script. Your design work is about telling the story. It's later that casting comes into play, but it's a huge component. Votes: 0

When there's no technical problems, if you did the right casting, and the scene is well written, the actor will give you a strong performance with his intuition right from the start. Votes: 0

Nobody is really qualified to be the president. Basically it's an acting job. You have to act like you're the president. And every four years the country holds a big casting call. Votes: 0

I'm proud of the way I rearrange and put things together, like a chef who makes a great meal, or a filmmaker who puts together a story - it's casting, editing, cinematography. Votes: 0

Personally, I don't tend to go into casting sessions. I try not to have a preconceived notion in my head because it just reduces my options or ability to find someone cool. Votes: 0

Be that kind of girl who smiles when you walk past other girls instead of casting a dirty look. Don't buy into the notion of female competition that society so heavily promotes. Votes: 0

My experience with casting children is that... the whole movie is going to rest on their shoulders, so you have to set aside time and wait for the perfect people to appear. Votes: 0

Getting the correct writer is simply like casting. You wouldn't hire an actor in order to tell him how to work. He knows how to work, which is why you hired him. Votes: 0

Street-casting - people like Katie Jarvis in 'Fish Tank,' spotted having a row with her boyfriend on a railway platform - has helped make actors raise their game. They have to. Votes: 0

As I continue through my acting career I tend to wish I were a little shorter and a few pounds lighter so casting directors would call me in for more diverse roles. Votes: 0

My only real daydreamy casting over the years has been Natalie Portman for Denna. She's an amazing actress, and Denna is going to be one of the hardest characters to pull off. Votes: 0

If you're a casting director, you're going to be curious to see what Timothy Spall's son is like. But when you get in the door, you have to have something to offer. Votes: 0

The public still ultimately determines what happens to you politically, by virtue of the casting of their vote ... and you cannot ever predict what will move the public in one direction or another. Votes: 0

In general, I have some precise ideas about everything, because the film is completed in my head before we ever start shooting. With casting, I am always present, even for the smallest character. Votes: 0

The changes are part of my writing process. When I write, I imagine scenes. I write things down. I take photographs. I do some casting. I rewrite. It's a permanent making or remaking. Votes: 0

When 'The Pacific' came around, I had to audition the old-fashioned way. It was the casting director and then the producer and then another producer and another producer and then Spielberg and Hanks. Votes: 0

Being a producer and a star of the play was a lot more challenging and difficult than I ever anticipated, but so rewarding. I got to be involved with the writing, the casting. Votes: 0

I was shopping with my mother in 2006 and saw that there was a model casting going on. A couple of months later, I was one of the fifteen finalists in an international contest. Votes: 0

Aaron is not at all what his image might indicate. He's fiercly loyal and a true and total gentleman. He's very shy but has very strong opinions. He's into everything, wardrobe, hair, script, casting. Votes: 0

People will go into an audition and a casting situation, and they'll see someone across the room that's perhaps slightly famous, or famous, and they think, 'Oh God, I'm not gonna get the part. Votes: 0

Each writer is born with a repertory company in his head. Shakespeare has perhaps 20 players. ... I have 10 or so, and thats a lot. As you get older, you become more skillful at casting them. Votes: 0

I love the casting process. It's a cliché but I think it's the most important part of the process. I really enjoy it too. I love putting that jigsaw puzzle of people together. Votes: 0

There's no agony like [getting started]. You sit in a room, biting pencils, looking at a typewriter, walking about, or casting yourself down on a sofa, feeling you want to cry your head off. Votes: 0

If you make the right choice in casting, your work is nearly done already. You don't have to spend a lot of time directing the actors, because they're so well suited to the parts. Votes: 0

With kids you can take a chance but casting a guy at 45 is different. You don't discover somebody that age. If an actor hasn't made it by that time he probably has no talent. Votes: 0

I got space from Travis Air Force Base, went back to the Philippine Islands and made it a point to meet the only American casting director in the Philippines. I was off and running. Votes: 0

Trend analyses for extreme tropical cyclones are unreliable because of operational changes that have artificially resulted in more intense tropical cyclones being recorded, casting severe doubts on any such trend linkages to global warming. Votes: 0

'Skins' wanted to create a new thing by actually casting real teenagers. I think it was very brave of them. They also wanted to give the opportunity to people who didn't go to drama school. Votes: 0

I didn't want to do casting in a way that you find yourself in a situation where there's this perfect girl for a part and you just can't cast her because the family says no. Votes: 0

As a believer and a child of the King, to consider casting a vote for someone or for something that would go against what God would vote for ought to be out of the question. Votes: 0

Skins' wanted to create a new thing by actually casting real teenagers. I think it was very brave of them. They also wanted to give the opportunity to people who didn't go to drama school. Votes: 0

Physically he was the connoisseur's connoisseur. He was a giant panda, Santa Claus and the Jolly Green Giant rolled into one. On him, a lean and slender physique would have looked like very bad casting. Votes: 0